20:49 - Guest: Benjamin Robinson, creator of Grinding The Mocks, on his groundbreaking and innovative work projecting NFL Drafts via a "wisdom of crowds" approach with mock drafts, what his work tells us about the Commanders' quarterback decision with their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, where and how NFL teams go wrong in the NFL Draft, which NFL Draft trade-value chart is the best and more 44:56 - Orioles: breakdown of a 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Angels as starting pitcher...

14:08 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on the meaning and causes of a chaotic last few days regarding the Commanders and LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels and on the Commanders' 2024 NFL Draft, including the likelihood of trades by the Commanders and who Standig is projecting for them to take with their No. 2-overall pick 52:21 - Capitals: thoughts on a 4-1 loss at the New York Rangers in Game 1 of a best-of-seven series in the first round of the Stanley Cup...

20:38 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of comments from general manager Adam Peters and assistant general manager Lance Newmark in a joint press conference previewing the Commanders' 2024 NFL Draft, including Peters essentially saying that the team will not be trading down in the first round, a lot from Peters and Newmark on the Commanders' quarterback decision via their No. 2-overall pick, Peters and Newmark on the chance for the 2024 Draft to be a franchise-altering draft, Peters...

12:10 - Commanders: reaction to ESPN reporting that Commanders limited partner Magic Johnson "lobbied hard" for former New England Patriots head coach to be the Commanders' head coach but that managing partner Josh Harris "told confidants in early December that he respected Belichick but wasn't going to hire him" 23:59 - Guest: Pro Football Focus NFL Draft analyst Trevor Sikkema on if the Commanders should be considering taking Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy with their No. 2-overall pick...

16:39 - Guest: Pro Football Focus NFL Draft analyst Trevor Sikkema on why the Commanders with their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft should take North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye over LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, including an exposing of several myths in the Maye-Daniels debate and insight on the concerns with each player 39:11 - Capitals: discussion and celebration of the Caps clinching the Eastern Conference's second and final wild-card sport with a 2-1 win at the...

13:24 - Guest: ESPN+ NFL analyst and FTN Fantasy chief analytics officer Aaron Schatz on his QBASE 2.0 projections for the perceived top quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft (in which the Commanders have the No. 2-overall pick), including why the projections prefer LSU's Jayden Daniels and Michigan's J.J. McCarthy over North Carolina's Drake Maye...and Schatz on defensive volatility in the modern NFL, his exhaustive work in computing DVOA stats for the 1980s and even 1970s and more 39:24 -...

15:38 - Guest: Commanders analyst and former Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot on which quarterback he likes for the Commanders via their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, whether general manager Adam Peters should be willing to trade down in the first round of the 2024 Draft, initial impressions of head coach Dan Quinn, what defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. could mean for cornerbacks Benjamin St-Juste and Emmanuel Forbes Jr., what linebackers Bobby Wagner and Frankie Luvu could mean...

19:19 - Guest: Chris Phillips, host of the podcast and YouTube show SEC Unfiltered, with an in-depth discussion of LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels as the potential selection by the Commanders with their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, including why Daniels will thrive in the NFL, why he was so much better in his 2023 season than he was over his first four collegiate seasons, how Phillips views the major concerns with Daniels, whether he is the best quarterback in LSU history not...

16:53 - Guest: Matt Manocherian, who is the senior vice president of football and data analytics for Sports Info Solutions and is a former scout for the New Orleans Saints and Cleveland Browns, on why the Commanders should take North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye with their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, how he compares with LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, why Manocherian is not so high on Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, a great story on the lengths to which Manocherian went...

14:57 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com with a film breakdown of why he now believes that the Commanders should take Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy - and not LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels or North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye - with the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft...and a film breakdown of key offensive-tackle prospects for the Commanders in the 2024 NFL Draft 48:58 - Capitals: analysis of a big 2-1 win at the Detroit Red Wings 53:42 -...

19:38 - Guest: Michael Phillips of 910 The Fan in Richmond, Virginia on the Commanders, who he covered for years for The Richmond Times-Dispatch and still covers as a freelance writer, including the quarterback who the team should take with its No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, why that quarterback should not be an immediate starter, why he believes that managing partner Josh Harris has more input in the quarterback decision than people realize, why Phillips thinks that the Commanders...

18:14 - Guest: ESPN college-football analyst Bill Connelly on his statistical comps for the perceived top quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft (in which the Commanders have the No. 2-overall pick), including insight on LSU's Jayden Daniels, North Carolina's Drake Maye, Michigan's J.J. McCarthy and Washington's Michael Penix Jr....also, Connelly assesses why the NFL still isn't very good at drafting quarterbacks and talks Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and more 44:31 -...

18:12 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst Ian Cummings of Pro Football Network with a film-breakdown-style deep dive on the perceived top quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft (in which the Commanders have the No. 2-overall pick), including why he has North Carolina's Drake Maye as the No. 1 quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft over USC's Caleb Williams and in-depth analysis of LSU's Jayden Daniels, Michigan's J.J. McCarthy, Washington's Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon's Bo Nix 45:10 - Capitals: discussion of...

15:55 - Commanders: discussion of comments from receiver Terry McLaurin on the Commanders' quarterback decision via their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the team trading quarterback Sam Howell, something that McLaurin is working on in the 2024 offseason, the departure of Commanders unrestricted-free-agent receiver Curtis Samuel to the Buffalo Bills, learning yet another new offense, wanting to be more vocal and more...and reaction to comments from right guard Samuel Cosmi...

16:13 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on the intel that has led to him in his recent mock drafts having the Commanders now taking LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels and not North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye with the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, whether the 2024 NFL Draft is the most important draft in Washington history, the extent to which Standig considers quarterbacks like Michigan's J.J. McCarthy and Washington's Michael Penix Jr. as factors in the...

16:12 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst Ian Valentino of The 33rd Team on the Commanders' quarterback decision via their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and on the team having six of the top 100 picks in the draft, including why there is such variance in the opinions on North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye and LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, why the betting market has Daniels as the favorite to be taken by the Commanders with their No. 2-overall pick, the biggest positives and negatives...

21:16 - Guest: Seattle Seahawks insider Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic on what the Commanders have in linebacker Bobby Wagner off him having spent 11 of his 12 NFL seasons with the Seahawks, including Wagner's biggest strengths on and off the field...and Dugar provides insight on Commanders linebackers coach and former Seahawks linebackers coach and defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr., what the Seahawks are thinking with quarterback Sam Howell off having acquired him via trade with the...

15:30 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com on North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels and Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, including why Bullock now is more open to the Commanders with their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft taking Maye instead of Daniels, what the determining factors in the Commanders' quarterback decision should be and who among the three quarterbacks has the biggest upside and biggest bust...

00:57 - Capitals and Wizards: reaction to the plan for Caps and Wizards home games to move to Alexandria, Virginia beginning with the teams' 2028-2029 seasons being dead and Caps and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser striking a deal for the teams' home games to remain at Capital One Arena until at least 2050 17:59 - Guest: fantasy-football writer Zachary Krueger of Rotoworld Football with an in-depth breakdown Pro Football Focus' pressure-to-sack rate,...

16:44 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of comments from managing partner Josh Harris in a session with reporters in Orlando, Florida at the NFL's Annual League Meeting on the team's stadium situation and need for team-facility upgrades 34:15 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of comments from head coach Dan Quinn in a session with reporters in Orlando, Florida at the NFL's Annual League Meeting on the team's quarterback decision via the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft,...

13:40 - Commanders: reaction to general manager Adam Peters in a session with reporters in Orlando, Florida at the NFL's Annual League Meeting saying that the Commanders "are not interested in trading" interior defensive lineman Jonathan Allen 23:03 - Commanders: discussion of comments from general manager Adam Peters in a session with reporters in Orlando, Florida at the NFL's Annual League Meeting on the team's quarterback decision via the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft...

14:34 - Guest: Pro Football Focus senior data analyst (and Commanders fan) Nick Akridge with an in-depth breakdown of Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, including how he compares with the perceived two most likely selections for the Commanders with their No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft in North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye and LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels...also, Akridge assesses what the Commanders have done in free agency in the 2024 offseason 46:38 - Capitals: analysis of...

18:07 - Guest: legendary Dallas Cowboys radio play-by-play announcer Brad Sham on the many Cowboys coaches and players who have migrated to the Commanders in the 2024 offseason, including insight and perspective on head coach Dan Quinn, defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., edge defenders Dorance Armstrong Jr. and Dante Fowler Jr. and center Tyler Biadasz...also, Sham discusses the Cowboys' 2024 offseason and explains why the team has been so good at drafting in recent years 46:49 - Wizards:...

19:40 - Guest: Carolina Panthers insider Joe Person of The Athletic on two well-received Commanders unrestricted-free-agent acquisitions from the Panthers in linebacker Frankie Luvu and safety Jeremy Chinn, including why Person believes that Luvu and not edge defender Brian Burns is the Panthers' biggest loss in the 2024 offseason, why Person believes that Luvu is the Panthers' best linebacker since Luke Kuechly and what went right and wrong for Chinn during his time with the...

12:39 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on what the team's activity in free agency tells us about the team's rebuilding (or recalibrating) plan, what to make of the Commanders' contractual strategy in free agency, whether the team in hindsight should have traded edge defender Montez Sweat, the role of holdover senior vice president of football administration Rob Rogers, why the team traded quarterback Sam Howell, whether the Commanders are looking to carry over a sizable...